Those born on this date include:

- British explorer Henry Hudson in 1575
- Richard Gatling, inventor of the Gatling gun, in 1818
- newspaperman Charles Dudley Warner in 1829
- critic H.L. Mencken in 1880
- French entertainer Maurice Chevalier in 1888
- publisher Alfred A. Knopf in 1892
- French Nobel chemistry prize laureate Irene Joliot-Curie in 1897
- comedian Ben Blue in 1901
- bandleader Shep Fields in 1910
- U.S. Olympic track star Jesse Owens in 1913
- singer/bandleader Eddy Howard in 1914
- singer Ella Mae Morse in 1924
- British actor Ian Holm (age 83) and American country music singer George Jones, both in 1931
- circus animal trainer Gunther Gebel-Williams in 1934
- actor Linda Gray in 1940 (age 74)
- singers Maria Muldaur in 1943 (age 71) and Barry White in 1944
- actors Peter Scolari in 1955 (age 59), Rachel Ward in 1957 (age 57) and Darren E. Burrows in 1966 (age 48)
- comedian Louis C.K. in 1967 (age 47)
- singer Ruben Studdard in 1978 (age 36)
- and singer-actors Jennifer Hudson in 1981 (age 33) and Emmy Rossum in 1986 (age 28).

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